Saturday brought another glorious day with many hours of sunshine that boosted the temperature to a maximum of 25.1C at 14.47, 0.4C down on the Friday maximum but almost 3C above the July average.
The UV level was again in the ‘very high’ category, almost the highest this month.
This morning dawned with unbroken strong sunshine that totalled over two hours by 08.00. This boosted the minimum temperature from a low of 14.8C at 05.45 (0.7C cooler than Saturday) to the highest reading of 21.8C at 08.00, the warmest start to the day since 19th June.
It is not surprising that after the very hot and dry weather that the humidity reading at 08.00 was down to 68%, the driest start to the day since 1st July 2015.
Analysing the data for the first six months of the year I find that the January to June average this year was the second highest since records began in 1984. But it is more interesting to note, and relevant, that the three highest January to June averages have occurred in the past ten ears.